when a tree falls...

...when a tree falls on a house and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? hell yes it does! it makes the sound of cash registers cha-chinging from the insurance money. and here we have our roof back. those cranky old doug-firs did there best, but thanks to state farm and bill, tony and guys at mastercraft construction we got out roof back

sunnyside

some more pictures of the trusses from different views, a shot of our huge 5-foot garden window from the backyard and ashlee presiding like an angel. we had a sunroom put onto the house -- notice the large windows. with the trees that crushed our house gone, we have a pretty open sky to the southwest, so we figured we should take advantage of it. as bob pajich remarked, 'oh, looks like your new opium den." -okay, put me on the fda shortrack to get it going!

raindrops keep falling...

sissor trusses are amazing! we now have almost 17ft of ceiling at the apex. much thanks to ace-architect, pat donaldson, up in portland with the spiffy suggestion. the rise of the roof will also match the front of the house, so it may actuallly look like a real house instead of the dilapedated tetris pattern of old.

back from the dead

well, it's been a very very long time, but the anxiety and depression of our destroyed house was unbearable, so we've waited a long time to update this blog with any relevant news. of course a little laziness crept in and we have had some progress in the last few months. i'll fast forward through it as if it happened in a few days instead of ONE YEAR.

here are pictures of the exterior walls going up -- our first signs of progress after problems were found with the foundation, which kept any repairs from happening until the city could inspect, and engineers could devise..